Receptacles – Container attachment or adjunct – Drinking device
Reexamination Certificate
2005-09-06
2005-09-06
Young, Lee (Department: 3727)
Receptacles
Container attachment or adjunct
Drinking device
C220S717000, C220S303000, C220S254900, C215S387000, C222S525000, C222S514000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06938794
ABSTRACT:
A closure for a liquid container, such as a sports drink bottle, includes a base component that is engaged over the mouth of the container, and a cap component engaged on the base component for movement from a closed position to an open position by pressure from the lips of the consumer. The base component includes a valve element supported on a fenestrated pedestal. The cap component includes a body defining a drinking surface for contacting the lips of the consumer and an annular sealing disc recessed below the drinking surface. The sealing disc is retained by the valve element against the force of a resiliently deformable seal disposed between the base component and the cap component. The seal has a sealing rim that is in constant contact with the base portion and provides an upward spring force to hold the sealing disc in the normally closed position. The seal includes a flexible hinge that allows the resiliently deformable seal to bow outward or bellows when the cap is depressed.
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Innatech, LLC
Maginot Moore & Beck
Smalley James
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